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Feature: Microsoft facing GTA IV Disaster


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Face it, Xbox 360 simply is the greatest.. I'm not a fan boy, but just look at the number of popularity for the xbox 360. Does not come from no where.

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That article was written by a pretty big PS3 fanboy. Looks like another one trying to justify the purchase of their inferior console.

Agreed.

360 for the win.

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Face it, Xbox 360 simply is the greatest.. I'm not a fan boy, but just look at the number of popularity for the xbox 360. Does not come from no where.

Maybe it is in America, unfortunately not in the rest of the world.

We're MS haters here tounge.giftounge.gif

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That article was written by a pretty big PS3 fanboy.  Looks like another one trying to justify the purchase of their inferior console.

Agreed.

360 for the win.

No, nothing for the win, only the article for the lose.

 

What's with Sony fanboys saluting some dumbass's columns? Do you not READ IT: IT IS JUST SOME f*ckER'S OPINION. At least MS fanboys have official R* rep statements and Lazlow recommending the 360 version, and the FACT that it will get two exclusive DLCs.

 

Trund: No, we just know how to discipline MS with antitrust fines. wink.gif

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I'm sure most of you have read the articles coming from Chris Stead on Gameplayer about how "Rockstar screws Microsoft" and 'Microsoft in GTA Panic"...

 

Well here is another article, which apart from a delay, must be every Microsoft GTA fan's worst (game related) night mare.

 

 

http://www.gameplayer.com.au/Home/FEATURES...eab8b&v7Pager=1

 

 

Enjoy!

Ok.. microsoft is leading in sales right now, exclusive content for the 360=win. Microsoft is pushing gta iv so hard, all the people I know are getting gta IV for the xbox 360. Microsoft will not have a disaster..

You obviously didn't read it, did you?

 

Either way, I'm not really worried, now that shipping & receiving times are lower, and the warranty has been extended.

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I've never heard of this writer before but it would appear he is somewhat anti-360.

Sure the hardware sucks for reliability but it is nowhere near as bad as he claims. I mean jesus come on now, the 360 had had like what 100 great games that people have played for days on end and not had a problem? If i counted up how much i've played Gears/COD4/Halo3/Forza2/Dead Rising/Oblivion/Bioshock/Fifa etc.. were probably talking a long long time. Why would it suddenly break because i played GTA4?

I think in reality it bothers him for the first time in it's excistence a GTA game will sell more copies on a different console to a Sony one.

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That article was written by a pretty big PS3 fanboy.  Looks like another one trying to justify the purchase of their inferior console.

What I don't get is why everyone gives Microsoft crap about their computer products, but then think the 360 is gods gift to the earth confused.gif

 

Both consoles can play IV so what's the point in arguing over which one does it better? Both consoles have their own strengths and weakness, but when it comes to IV, both versions are going to be exactly the same.

 

360 may be getting exclusive DLC, but PS3 will eventually get its own DLC as well. I know this hasn't been confirmed but there's no way rockstar would ignore all the PS3 owners out there

 

And for the record, I'm not a fanboy, I'm just sick of hearing the 360vsPS3 thing brought up in every single topic on these forums

 

Edit: Lazlow is a radio host, not a video game expert, and I find it pathetic that people are using his opinion as proof that the 360 is better than the PS3

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This thread will more likely be in a fanboy war thread -- Anyway, I have 2 Xbox 360s and they work perfectly since launch.

 

To be honestly, I do not know what is up with Microsoft, but Xbox 360 is awesome. So, is PS3, too.

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This thread will more likely be in a fanboy war thread -- Anyway, I have 2 Xbox 360s and they work perfectly since launch.

 

To be honestly, I do not know what is up with Microsoft, but Xbox 360 is awesome. So, is PS3, too.

I couldn't agree more. Now the thing is, they [gameplayer] are speculating that we will all be sitting in our rooms playing this game for like 24 hours a day. I don't know about all of you guys, but I for one need to sleep considering this game is released during a school week. Another thing I( would like to say is that ive played COD 4 and oblivion on my machine for nay almost a day at times and it runs beautifully the whole time through; I've also bought an extra fan to help keep it cooler during play. (It serves a dual purpose, as it cools and it has many HD Outputs and x4 USB on the back)

 

All in all, I am not worried about this 'possible' hardware failure because it is just mere speculation.

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360 may be getting exclusive DLC, but PS3 will eventually get its own DLC as well. I know this hasn't been confirmed but there's no way rockstar would ignore all the PS3 owners out there

I'm fairly confident that the PS 3 will not be getting any DLC. Why? 50 million dollars.

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this is bullsh*t, i'll probably be able to only add 1 hr more of play per day, and i'm sure most everyone are in the same case. My Xbox won't fail because of GTA nor 99% of other 360 owners

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360 may be getting exclusive DLC, but PS3 will eventually get its own DLC as well. I know this hasn't been confirmed but there's no way rockstar would ignore all the PS3 owners out there

I'm fairly confident that the PS 3 will not be getting any DLC. Why? 50 million dollars.

And before some idiot says a thing: DUH! He's talking about the two episode packs..

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You lot really still are bitter about the DLC, aren't you?

 

Just for the record. I got my 360 the day it came out, and have NEVER had a problem. Same with loads of friends of mine.

 

 

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360 may be getting exclusive DLC, but PS3 will eventually get its own DLC as well. I know this hasn't been confirmed but there's no way rockstar would ignore all the PS3 owners out there

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

And what's with everyone jumping to the conclusion that if anyone writes something positive about the PS3 that they MUST be a PS3 fanboy and vise versa... it's so stupid.

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To all fanboys in this topic: I hate you. I hate you all. I hate you with every ounce of my being, and seeing as I'm a fat ginger, that is a substantial amount of hate.

 

You're all GTA fans, right? Stop bickering amongst yourselves like pompous little twelve year olds.

 

To the pompous little twelve year olds: I hate you even more.

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I can control myself. I will probably play for about 4 hours straight, maximum. I have a life outside of GTA unlike 60% of the forumers.

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I'm fairly confident that the PS 3 will not be getting any DLC. Why? 50 million dollars.

They paid $50 million to get two xbox exclusive content packs. They didn't pay $50 million to stop Rockstar from making anything for Sony

 

And remember when GTA used to be a Playstation exclusive? Eventually, all of the GTAIII based games got released on the XBox. PS3 will almost definately be getting its own DLC, if not the same DLC as the 360

 

And I just want to stress the point that I hope I don't come across as biased towards one console or the other, and if anyone thinks I'm acting like a fanboy, then tell me and I'll GTFO blush.gif

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The article looks like it was made by a PS3 fanboy, who tried to cleverly cover up his fanboyism with big words and making it seem like he was trying to stay neutral.

 

 

 

 

I shall see if I get the RROD when I play GTA4, which is unlikely because I'm mainly a PC gamer, and the only games I've played don't even last more then 1-2 hours, though GTA4 will change that for me.

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Article writer is full of sh*t. Obvious PS3 fanboy.

 

So what ? I play countless hours with any of my new games.

 

My Elite rocks.

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This is my message to the author of the article. It sums up my opinion on the matter nicely.

 

Dear Chris Stead,

 

PS3 fanboy much? I don't think you could be more pessimistic and lopsided in your views. Do you honestly think Halo 3 was less popular than GTA IV will be? You say it is a smaller game, but at the time, the amount of hype was unprecedented. It was the biggest game release until now, yet you dismiss it as if hardly anyone bought it. You also say that Halo 3 wasn't nearly as long. My friend, there are raging gameaholics that play Halo 3 online for more hours a day than they would ever admit. If people spend 12 hours a day on their 360 doing that, what's gonna be the big difference with IV? In the age of console online gaming, a game journalist of all people should know that the length of the single player game is not an accurate way to guage the longevity and frequency of play as it once was. Did Microsoft have a problem? Yes. Do they still have a problem? Yes they do. Are some people going to get the dreaded RRoD by overplaying GTA IV? Yes. However, the in-flow of broken boxes will probably be slightly less than the surge of failures from Halo 3, due to the new Falcon motherboards and their decreased fail rates. This game has been a tremendous system seller, and many who are playing it will be playing on a newer console, as will I.

 

I'm going to sum this up with a question, as well as the clear answer to that question: Is the release of one solitary title suddenly going to cause a catastrophic meltdown of epic proportions and make Microsoft's problem irrevocably worse? Absolutely not. If that were the case, Halo 3 would have wiped out half the 360 population. Soon after, Call Of Duty 4 would have finished off quite a few of the survivors, and the rest would have been murdered by the countless hours of use as the family's media center. 360s will be used no more than they are used currently, but more of the runtime will be spent on a particular game. Changes will be minimal, if any. Your article is the wishful thinking of a biased mind, whether you care to admit it or not.

 

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what an unnecessary topic.  thats like saying "during the london marathon, many people might run through estates and get mugged.  so marathon = crime".

Well the point was if MS come up with some sort of plan to handle it seamlessly (the article suggests automatic swap of console) then they can minimise people making huge, loud complaints during the weeks that follow GTA IV's release.

 

There will be a sudden burst of RRoD simply because so many more consoles will be heavily used than in normal weeks and if they begin to bottleneck in retailers and at the repair desk people will get bloody angry.

 

If mine RRoDs and I am told it will take three weeks to turn it in because of back log I'll be looking at a PS3 pretty quickly.

 

I've been waiting too long for this game to wait another extra second.

 

And to the guy above and Halo 3, there are way more new consoles, a whole bunch of consoles which are older and GTA IV is a bigger game. Plus, you can play it somewhere else. And don't forget not everyone plays online. There were plenty more of 'completely miss the point' moments in your post as well, but I'll stop now.

 

It amazes me how mentioing RRoD makes you a Ps3 fanboy. It has happened to me twice: I'm not about to pretend I wouldn't love to have the PS3s reliabilty. I think Microsoft shoudl take the articles advice and pre-empt the risk.

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Damn every one of you who call this guy a fanboy. Just because he wrote something positive about the PS3 and something negative about the 360 auto-f*cking-maticaly makes him a "sup3r omfg [email protected]!". For f*ck sake. I could understand so if he was spreading lies or blowing things out of proportion, but he isn't. The same can be said for people who say good things about the 360 and vise versa. Stop being so thick headed. This forum is about GTA and not what console is better. GTA is going to be the same on both. Case f*cking closed.

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Damn every one of you who call this guy a fanboy. Just because he wrote something positive about the PS3 and something negative about the 360 auto-f*cking-maticaly makes him a "sup3r omfg [email protected]!". For f*ck sake. I could understand so if he was spreading lies or blowing things out of proportion, but he isn't. The same can be said for people who say good things about the 360 and vise versa. Stop being so thick headed. This forum is about GTA and not what console is better. GTA is going to be the same on both. Case f*cking closed.

yup, xbox fanboys gallore in this thread. But its ok, they always show up once their console is up for a bashing. They cant really take al this criticism, cous their little brains go on overload. Poor little fanboys. Have a cookie.gif

 

 

 

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Damn every one of you who call this guy a fanboy. Just because he wrote something positive about the PS3 and something negative about the 360 auto-f*cking-maticaly makes him a "sup3r omfg [email protected]!". For f*ck sake. I could understand so if he was spreading lies or blowing things out of proportion, but he isn't. The same can be said for people who say good things about the 360 and vise versa. Stop being so thick headed. This forum is about GTA and not what console is better. GTA is going to be the same on both. Case f*cking closed.

Read what a_flyin_penguin said and STFU.

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I'm buying one of those fans you snap on at the back of the console to prevent it from overheating, and giving better ventilation. Hopefully it'll be a lot quiter too. colgate.gif

Anyone with any experience when it comes to these, how they work etc?

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Damn every one of you who call this guy a fanboy. Just because he wrote something positive about the PS3 and something negative about the 360 auto-f*cking-maticaly makes him a "sup3r omfg [email protected]!". For f*ck sake. I could understand so if he was spreading lies or blowing things out of proportion, but he isn't. The same can be said for people who say good things about the 360 and vise versa. Stop being so thick headed. This forum is about GTA and not what console is better. GTA is going to be the same on both. Case f*cking closed.

yup, xbox fanboys gallore in this thread. But its ok, they always show up once their console is up for a bashing. They cant really take al this criticism, cous their little brains go on overload. Poor little fanboys. Have a cookie.gif

You are pretty hypocritical here. The guys opinion is completely unfounded by any data or facts. When an unfounded opinion is stated about the PS3, those guys go psycho. Evidently, according to them, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the PS3, the fail rate is negative 342% and it sh*ts gold bricks every 4 hours. The 360 isn't perfect, no, but the PS3 certainly isn't perfect either. I'm no fanboy but I do hate when people like you and the article author skew the truth and hypocritically bash the other system's users in personal attacks. It's like console racism or something.

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Damn every one of you who call this guy a fanboy. Just because he wrote something positive about the PS3 and something negative about the 360 auto-f*cking-maticaly makes him a "sup3r omfg [email protected]!". For f*ck sake. I could understand so if he was spreading lies or blowing things out of proportion, but he isn't. The same can be said for people who say good things about the 360 and vise versa. Stop being so thick headed. This forum is about GTA and not what console is better. GTA is going to be the same on both. Case f*cking closed.

yup, xbox fanboys gallore in this thread. But its ok, they always show up once their console is up for a bashing. They cant really take al this criticism, cous their little brains go on overload. Poor little fanboys. Have a cookie.gif

You are pretty hypocritical here. The guys opinion is completely unfounded by any data or facts. When an unfounded opinion is stated about the PS3, those guys go psycho. Evidently, according to them, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the PS3, the fail rate is negative 342% and it sh*ts gold bricks every 4 hours. The 360 isn't perfect, no, but the PS3 certainly isn't perfect either. I'm no fanboy but I do hate when people like you and the article author skew the truth and hypocritically bash the other system's users in personal attacks. It's like console racism or something.

I hope that wasn't directed towards me. I never called anyone a fanboy. I merely said that people are quick to jump to conclusions of calling others fanboys if they see something negative about their console in whatever the person has said.

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Obviously this Isn't a major worldwide dilemma because It'd be all over every single website small and large. This Is just what might happen If you don't take care of your Xbox and just down-right abuse It. Don't worry guys, you'll be fine, just keep your 360 out In the open, keep It well dusted and try not to over-heat It.

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